Grants awarded
You can search below for information about all grants we awarded. Our grants data is also available in csv format here.
We are committed to transparency, and believe that with better information, grant-makers can be more effective decision makers. In 2017 we started to work with 360Giving to publish information about Arcadia grants (last updated July 2024). Arcadia has waived all copyright and related or neighbouring rights to Arcadia’s grant data, to the extent possible under law, by dedicating it to the public domain with the Creative Commons CC0 waiver. This means the data is freely accessible to anyone to use and share.
MBA programme
To create an international executive MBA programme.
$4,336,000
2002
1 year
Imperial College mathematics summer school
To improve state school students’ maths skills through a summer school programme at Imperial College.
$139,365
2006
1 year
Digitizing historical Swedish newspapers
To digitize Swedish newspapers that are out of copyright (1645-1906) and make them freely available online.
$3,600,000
2018
4 years
Digitizing historical Swedish newspapers II
To digitize Swedish newspapers that are out of copyright (1645-1906) and make them freely available online.
$1,800,000
2020
2 years
Rainforest seed conservation
To develop techniques for storing seeds not suitable for traditional seed preservation methods.
$600,000
2012
5 years
Digitising the National Farm Survey
To digitize the records of the National Farm Survey of England and Wales (1941-1943), and make them freely available online, together with a tool that makes each farm searchable.
$2,553,878
2023
3 years
Eternal Mongolia - Mongolia Conservation Trust Fund
To complete the match fund for a newly established Mongolia Conservation Trust Fund which will oversee the Eternal Mongolia Project Finance for Permanence initiative.
$6,000,000
2024
5 years
Advancing Open Access
To promote open access to scholarly and cultural materials.
$500,000
2022
3 years
To support the Wildlife Justice Commission’s (WJC’s) core operations.
To support WJC’s mission to support the investigation and prosecution of high-level wildlife crime cases.
$1,190,000
2021
5 years
Ecosystem connectivity in threatened South American landscapes
To work with local partners to conserve and manage threatened high-biodiversity areas.
$1,800,000
2014
3 years
The Age of Extinction series
To support the Age of Extinction series, a reporting project that aims to draw attention to the global biodiversity crisis.
$900,000
2021
3 years
Influencing public policy on climate change
To support work on global climate change agreements.
$176,593
2007
1 year
Acquisition of six properties in Argentina and Chile
To acquire properties of strategic value in Argentina and Chile to expand existing park areas, rewild degraded landscapes and advance biodiversity conservation.
$15,100,000
2019
5 years
Patagonia National Park
To create a continuous area of protected natural landscape by purchasing ecologically important land next to Patagonia Park in Chile.
$3,370,000
2016
2 years
Patagonia National Park
To create a continuous area of protected natural landscape by purchasing ecologically important land next to Patagonia Park in Chile.
$490,000
2018
1 year
Reducing Trade Threats to Africa’s Wild Species and Ecosystems (ReTTa)
To strengthen actions to reduce the illegal and unsustainable trade of African wild species to Asia through data gathering, information sharing, engagement and innovative interventions.
$3,000,000
2016
4 years
Mountain Willow Project
To propagate and plant rare and hard-to-grow montane scrub willow species.
$256,000
2018
5 years
Trinity College Medieval Manuscripts
To digitize fourteen medieval manuscripts in the collection of Trinity College Dublin and make the results freely available online.
$200,000
2023
2 years
Conservation training in Africa
To provide core support to help the Association develop its training for African biodiversity conservation professionals.
$486,358
2014
3 years
Conservation training in Madagascar
To train young Malagasy, African and European biologists for careers in conservation.
$120,000
2013
1 year